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A review by cotes
My Cone and Only by Susannah Nix
4.0
The first in a new series about the King family, My Cone and Only is set in a small town and is grounded but doesn’t feel small. Susannah Nix’s first series, Chemistry Lessons, was mostly set in LA and featured scientists. The new series is set in a small town in Texas, home to a famous ice cream company (Blue Bell without the listeria), run by the patriarch of a family that’s been through a lot. Wyatt has shunned the family business, getting by as a handy man and playing in a small-time cover band. He’s known as a love him and leave him sort, but secretly pines after his best friend’s younger sister, Andie. Andie has had a crush on Wyatt for years, but he never seems to see her like that.
What I like most about the book is that although it’s set in a small town and has the brother’s best friend trope, it doesn’t feel dated. And the issues that each character is going through feel true to life. Yes, there’s a promise to never date his best friend’s little sister, but that’s not the obstacle nearly as much as Wyatt’s issues with dreaming of a different, more vulnerable life. The characters have an easy, believable chemistry.
Some of the scenes that Nix does best here are the going out in a small town, where you already know all the people you’re drinking with, but you still get dressed up anyways.
You first meet Wyatt and Andie in Mia’s book, the last one in the Chemistry Lessons series. I was wary about where I’d be enough interested in them, but in Nix’s capable hands, I needn’t have worried. And the glimpses of the other brothers leaves me interested in learning more about the King family (tightly wound Tanner is next).
What I like most about the book is that although it’s set in a small town and has the brother’s best friend trope, it doesn’t feel dated. And the issues that each character is going through feel true to life. Yes, there’s a promise to never date his best friend’s little sister, but that’s not the obstacle nearly as much as Wyatt’s issues with dreaming of a different, more vulnerable life. The characters have an easy, believable chemistry.
Some of the scenes that Nix does best here are the going out in a small town, where you already know all the people you’re drinking with, but you still get dressed up anyways.
You first meet Wyatt and Andie in Mia’s book, the last one in the Chemistry Lessons series. I was wary about where I’d be enough interested in them, but in Nix’s capable hands, I needn’t have worried. And the glimpses of the other brothers leaves me interested in learning more about the King family (tightly wound Tanner is next).